Jean Hupeau

Jean Hupeau (1710 - Paris, 10 March 1763[1]) was a French architect and engineer best known for building the George V Bridge in Orleans.

[2] He died on March 10, 1763, after a long illness[3] and was replaced by Jean-Rodolphe Perronet as a case of the Corps des Ponts et Chaussées.

The final result is of great nobility and simplicity, which led him to remove, during the execution of the works, the obelisk foreseen in the project.

[4] A few years later he directed the construction of the bridges of Joigny and Cravant on the Yonne River and those of Montereau and Mantes on the Seine.

Thus the builder Jean Hupeau, who died on March 10, 1763, in Paris, left the completion of his main work to his successor.